The potential clinical role of ultrasonic strain and strain rate imaging in diagnosing acute rejection after heart transplantation
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, vol.8, no.3, pp.213-221, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 8 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2007
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.03.014
- Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.213-221
- Keywords: rejection, heart transplantation, strain and strain rate imaging, DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION, ALLOGRAFT-REJECTION, DOPPLER, QUANTIFICATION, INDEXES, MOTION
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Background: There has been a continued search for a more sensitive noninvasive technique for detecting sub-clinical acute rejection in heart transplant recipients.